That partisan loser would sell his sister to a midget to defend Ms. Neely. I’m not convinced she’s the source of all evil in the world, but I do know that withheld’s relationship with the truth is of an on-again, off-again nature.

I’m was not defending Ms. Neely, I was simply stating a fact. She was not in Sacramento today, unless by “today” you mean earlier this week. A quick Google search shows that the two day conference in question was on Wednesday and Thursday.

Now shifting into defense, what’s wrong with the fact that she went to a conference on improving the way government works? She was getting tips from radicals like the Governor of Utah. Scary huh? And we’ll have to assume that Bugs’ source was at the same conference – who paid for that?

So now we’re expected to read the dates on our e-mails? What the fuck with that? But yes, she was there Wednesday Thursday, and the post has been corrected to reflect that. But really, withheld. You want to know who pays for private citizens to attend conferences? You think that’s your business? How like a prog.

Why would anyone assume your “correspondent” is a private citizen if they looked into the conference, which you clearly did not. The various tracks offered by Governing Magazine on Streamlined Government, Privacy and Security, Modernizing Critical Systems, and Government 2010 are clearly aimed at for those working in government.

And you still haven’t answered the basic question, what’s wrong with our elected officials learning about how to improve the operation of government? Where’s the scandal?

It’s Bugs’ blog, so he can swap links at will. Were you shamed by our lack of basic fact checking? Interesting that you chose to link to an anti-government rant. Are you a secret teabagger Bugs? Maybe you don’t want our government officials to get better at their jobs.

I did learn something. I thought that quote, “The devil’s best trick is to persuade you that he doesn’t exist!” was from Keyser Söze not Baudelaire.

That’s one of many things I love about withheld. His relentless attempt to create one straw man after another so he can fell like he’s done his civic duty for the day. Were there any sort of critical thinking requirements to comment on this blog, he’d be toast.